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The Celric Story", Wildrat Tiratre Company, Pavilion Theatrr, Glasgow: •TuL CELiC STORY a new departure for Wildeat. Formed in the latr seventies as a breakaway from the 7:04 company, they ee devoted therselves previously to Pungent left political commentary on contemporary events like the miners strike or the Nicaraguan revolution.
A high quality of writing: acting and musicianstup have assured then a wide audience for shows put on mainly in community centree and welfare clubs throughout Scorland.
This piece by contrast was. produced to mark the cententary ot the butball club bounded by a priest in Glasgow's east end in 1888 and baving recent Irish ingrants as its main support Sponsorship by Golic carriod a potential vero on material, hut in the esent author/directors Dave McLennan and David Anderson produced an acceptable show that's now playing tightly to packed horscs;
There's at prublem bere however. As usual Wildcat are atracting many people new to live rheatre: Celtic supporter: cluhs throughout Scotland are making block bookings arkd running buses. What the majority ul the audience wants, therelors, it a cuingy to the club's achirvements, Ikr the first Furopean cup win for a British chab in 1967. Indeed the biggest herr awaits die curgence of une of the present icam from a giant birthday cakc at the end of
Events in the history of the Club are loosely woven around the story of a tumuly of fare nineteenth century immigrants whose grandfarher is also just
One of the best moments is when the latter played hy Dave MeLenman) Icaps to his feet and near throttles his grandson. The boy Has been making racist commens about Mark Walters,